Evicting a good tenant

hi everyone, I have read these forums frequently but this is my first post. I am after some advice on evicting a good tennant of mine.

Anyway here's the story:

Bought a house had it a few years, decided to move out and rent with my partner. We then split up she has stayed in the house and I've moved back to mum and dads.

The current tennant has only been in my house for a couple of months and there is absolutely no reason to evict them other than I'd rather live in my house than at the parents. I have the property externally managed and I feel really bad stuffing them around as well as the tennant but at the end of the day id rather be living there.

A mate of mine was in a similar situation, but he was the tenant. The landlord offered $1,000 + covering all moving expenses, including people to pack boxes + if that have to pay a higher rent at the new place, he would cover the difference for 12 months.

Pretty expensive, but plans went through council faster than expected and they wanted to start the development ASAP.

Im doing exact same thing atm - i feel bad cos they've been there 5 years and really are good tenants. But at the end of the day i need my house back.

In my case i had to wait for the lease to finish and then give 4 weeks notice. The notice period was shorter because a family member was moving in. Normal notice where my ip is 26 weeks.

So look at the legislation in the state where your ip is. There is a tenancy tip by @D.T. in relation to notice periods. You have a contract with them which you need to commit to, unless there is mutual consent to end it.

Son negotiated a break lease when he wanted to move back into a house he owned. Savvy tenant played hardball and in the end it cost our son $10K. Son figured it was worth it to avoid the inconvenience of a short term rental and a double move.
Marg

Security of tenure is more a European concept. With that said, in a residential context the security of tenure is usually subject to the landlord's right to give notice ending the lease if they intend to live in the property themselves (obviously depends on the jurisdiction).